Bonita Vista High School

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Bonita Vista High School
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School seen from the west entrance to the south parking lot
Address
Bonita Vista High School
751 Otay Lakes Road

Chula Vista, California 91913
Information
TypePublic
Established1966;59 years ago (1966)
School district Sweetwater Union High School District
SuperintendentMoisés G. Aguirre
PrincipalLee Romero
Teaching staff89.96 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment2,049 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio22.78 [1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Navy Blue and Gold   
Nickname Barons
NewspaperThe Crusader
Website bvh.sweetwaterschools.org

Bonita Vista High School (BVH) is a public four-year high school in Chula Vista, California. It is part of Sweetwater Union High School District, and offers both Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes. [2] The mascot is a baron.

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History

Bonita Vista High School opened in the fall of 1966 at a construction cost of $2.5 million. [3] A student committee chose the Baron mascot over a Patriot and a Crusader. [4]

In December 2005, the district school board voted to remove the senior portfolio project as a graduation requirement following student protests. [5] A co-salutatorian led students in arguing that the project lacked academic rigor, even submitting a satirical portfolio to highlight perceived deficiencies [6]

Jennifer Ekstein is a science teacher at Bonita Vista High School, recognized as the 2024-25 San Diego County Teacher of the Year. [7] [8] In April, the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) and Cox Communications recognized all 51 district teachers of the year at a special event, where five winners were later selected. Highlights from the event will be featured in a 30-minute special, Cox Presents: Salute to Teachers, airing in September on Cox's YurView network (Channel 4 on Cox and Spectrum). [9]

Academics

The school placed first in Sweetwater Union High School District for the 2011 school year, with an Academic Performance Index score of 851, meeting the statewide standard and exceeding amongst other schools in the same district. [10]

Athletics

In 2015, Baron athletic teams won California Interscholastic Federation championships in football and girls' tennis. [11] The football team plays games off-campus at Southwestern College. [12] In 2018 the Barons girls basketball team won California Interscholastic Federation division I championship. The girls' basketball team is one of the premier teams in San Diego County.

Performing arts

BVH has two competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender group "The Music Machine" and the all-female "Sound Unlimited". The school formerly had an all-male group, "Barontones". [13] The Music Machine and Sound Unlimited have both advanced to national-level competitions. [14] The Music Machine was one of the most progressive show choirs in the western United States in the late 1900s. [15] The program hosts an annual competition, San Diego Sings! [16]

Notable alumni

NameGrad ClassCategoryBest Known For
Jenna Daniels 1996SportsFormer American professional golfer, known for leading the University of Arizona to the 2000 NCAA Division I women's golf championship. Later played on the LPGA Tour from 2000 to 2007 before retiring. [17]
Beth Accomando JournalismFilm critic [18]
Greg Bell SportsProfessional football running back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League (CFL) [19]
Matt Cameron MusicDrummer for Pearl Jam and Soundgarden [20]
Charisma Carpenter EntertainmentActress, best known for her role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer [21]
Costa Dillon EntertainmentWriter, co-creator of the film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes [22]
Hannah Flippen SportsSoftball player for the University of Utah [23]
Byron Frisch SportsFormer NFL football player [24]
David Garza SportsParalympic footballer, Team USA [25]
Shirley Horton PoliticsPolitician, served as California State Assembly from the 78th district. [26] [27]
Guido Knudson SportsMajor League Baseball player [28]
Jennifer Lalor SportsFormer soccer player and coach [29]
John Macaulay SportsNFL player [30]
Ramon Martin Del Campo SportsSoccer player [31]
Monica Montgomery Steppe PoliticsSan Diego City Councilmember [32]
Steve Peace PoliticsPolitician [33]
Raquel Pomplun Entertainment Playboy 2013 Playmate of the Year [34]
David Schipper Sportsprofessional soccer player [35]
Scott Shields Sportsfootball player [30]
Joel Zumaya SportsAmerican baseball player

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bonita Vista Senior High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  2. ↑ Trujillo, Anthony (January 7, 1988). "International diploma course sets Bonita Vista apart". Imperial Beach Star-News. Retrieved October 4, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "It's Back to School Monday for Kids, Teens - Adults, Too". Chula Vista Star-News. September 11, 1966. Retrieved October 4, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Barons! Barons! Rah!". Chula Vista Star-News. September 29, 1966. Retrieved October 4, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "press". www.mikemcmahon.info. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  6. ↑ Ramírez, Eddy (February 7, 2008). "Are Students Working Too Hard for a High School Diploma?". U.S. News & World Report.
  7. ↑ "Meet San Diego County's five teachers of the year". San Diego Union-Tribune. May 30, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  8. ↑ "SDUSD Teachers Named County Teachers of the Year". sandiegounified.org. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  9. ↑ "District News – Sweetwater Union High School District" . Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Academic Performance Index (API) - Programs No Longer Administered by CDE (CA Dept of Education)". www.cde.ca.gov. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  11. ↑ Brents, Phillip (December 11, 2015). "Bonita Vista wins first CIF football title in school's 50th year". The Star News. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  12. ↑ Geering, Madison; Zepeda, Abraham (November 5, 2019). "New SUHSD proposal transfers funds from BVM renovations to BVH Track and Field project". Bonita Vista Crusader. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  13. ↑ "SCC: Viewing School - Bonita Vista High School". Show Choir Community. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Two Bonita Vista High School Show Choirs Reach National Championships". San Diego County Office of Education. March 17, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  15. ↑ Weaver, Mike (2011). Sweat, Tears and Jazz Hands: The Official History of Show Choir, from Vaudeville to Glee. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Books. ISBN   978-1-55783-772-1 . Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  16. ↑ Breier, Michelle (February 27, 2015). "Triple-threat: CHS choirs nab 3 wins". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Jenna Daniels | Bio | LPGA | Ladies Professional Golf Association". LPGA. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Article clipped from Chula Vista Star-News". The Star-News . June 11, 1978. p. 27. Retrieved December 23, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ "Greg Bell - 2021 Football Roster". San Diego State Aztecs. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  20. ↑ "12 Musicians With San Diego Ties". KNSD. San Diego. Sounddiego. November 21, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2019. Vedder may get all the love, but folks don't realize the guy straddling two grunge powerhouses as the drummer for both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam was born and raised in San Diego -- he went to Bonita Vista High School -- before moving to Seattle in 1983.
  21. ↑ Stafford, Nikki (December 14, 2010). Bite Me!: The Unofficial Guide to the World of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ECW Press. p. 80. ISBN   978-1-55490-313-9.
    Rodriguez, Priscilla (July 9, 2014). "16 High School Yearbook Pictures of Your Fave Celebs!". Latina. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  22. ↑ Sylvia Tiersten (May 2007). "Killer Tomatoes". @ucsd. University of California, San Diego. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2012. It's Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, the 1978 sci-fi spoof that former Bonita Vista High School buddies John DeBello, Muir '75, J. Stephen "Steve" Peace, Muir '76, and Costa Dillon, unleashed on an unsuspecting world.
  23. ↑ "Hannah Flippen - Softball". utahutes.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
    Garcia, Dominic (March 27, 2014). "Flippen awesome". The Daily Utah Chronicle. University of Utah. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  24. ↑ Shroder, Susan (August 2, 2013). "Former NFL player accused in $50M fraud scheme". Hartford Courant. San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved August 20, 2019. Frisch graduated from Bonita Vista High School in Chula Vista and played football at Brigham Young University in Utah.
  25. ↑ Brent, Phillip (September 13, 2016). "Brave New World for Chula Vista High School para-athlete". The Star News. Chula Vista. Retrieved August 20, 2019. The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games began Wednesday in Brazil with two Paralympic athletes on Team USA from South County: Bonita Vista High School graduate David Garza (soccer) and Chula Vista High School alumnus Ahkeel Whitehead (track and field).
    "David Garza". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved August 20, 2019. High School: Bonita Vista High School (Chula Vista, California) '12
  26. ↑ Beltran, Raymond R. (January 23, 2004). "State Assembly Elections, District 78" . Retrieved June 11, 2009. Shirley Horton grew up in San Diego and graduated from Bonita Vista High School.
  27. ↑ "Shirley Horton: 78th Assembly District State of California". Asian Journal. Retrieved May 28, 2011. I attended Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Paradise Hills, went to O'Farrell Junior High School, and went on to graduate from Bonita Vista High School.
  28. ↑ "Bonita Vista HS (Chula Vista, CA) Baseball Players". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  29. ↑ Scavuzzo, Diane (November 7, 2013). "SDFA: Jen Lalor-Nielsen Is "The Whole Package"". Soccer Today. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
    "Former WUSA player set to coach girls soccer at PHS". Chicago Tribune. October 13, 2004. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  30. 1 2 "Bonita Vista Alumni Pro Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  31. ↑ "Ramon Martin del Campo". Major League Soccer . Retrieved August 20, 2019– via mlssoccer.com.
  32. ↑ Garrick, David (December 7, 2018). "Montgomery will bring 'no-excuses' attitude, policy expertise to San Diego City Hall". The San Diego Union-Tribune . Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  33. ↑ Frammolino, Ralph (July 28, 1991). "A Kinder, Gentler 'Loose Cannon' of the Legislature? : Government: Assemblyman Steve Peace, now enjoying a political 'rehabilitation,' says he is a changed man". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 20, 2019. As Bonita Vista High School student body president in 1971, he successfully fought administrator opposition to a rock concert by organizing student leaders.
  34. ↑ Stickney, R (May 10, 2013). "Chula Vistan Named Playboy Playmate of the Year | NBC 7 San Diego". nbcsandiego.com. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  35. ↑ Brents, Phillip (July 25, 2019). "All the world's a stage for BVHS alum David Schipper". The Star News. Chula Vista. Retrieved August 20, 2019. Now, 27, the Bonita Vista High School alumnus has both figuratively and played the world's game — around the world.

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